bought the wife a Mercedes...2 weeks later I join the TC club!
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GLK 350
bought the wife a Mercedes...2 weeks later I join the TC club!
I knew that these things had the potential to have the problem. Over several test drives there was no indication of a problem. The vehicle only has 110 000km. Today I brought it in to the transmission shop and my suspicions were confirmed. Do I get some sort of welcoming gift or a party??
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Well, one day she came home from work and told me the vehicle was making noise...I took it for a drive and heard it before I was halfway down the block. I already knew about the history of TCs in these vehicles but was hoping for a front diff! I brought it to the tranny shop and I'll do a rebuild. The old guy there has done about a dozen of them. My wife was driving a Honda pilot but we passed it on to our oldest daughter. That thing has 400000km on it and I've done a wheel bearing.😆
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GLK 350 / Porsche 993
Well, one day she came home from work and told me the vehicle was making noise...I took it for a drive and heard it before I was halfway down the block. I already knew about the history of TCs in these vehicles but was hoping for a front diff! I brought it to the tranny shop and I'll do a rebuild. The old guy there has done about a dozen of them. My wife was driving a Honda pilot but we passed it on to our oldest daughter. That thing has 400000km on it and I've done a wheel bearing.😆
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So I got the GLK back. The mechanic figured the root cause was the clogged screen on the oil line to the back of the transmission. It seemed to be a little bit of clutch material that he considered normal. The filter and magnet had a little bit of bearing material. A combination of design geometry and the very fine screen are the culprit. Is this what you guys have been hearing? The bill was $2400 CDN tax in.
